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proviant|ˈprɒvɪənt|
Also 7 proveant, 9 proviand.
[a. G. proviant, Du. proviand, in It. provianda, apparently an altered form of provenda provend, influenced by OF. proveant providing, proveance provision. Brought into Eng. by soldiers who served in the Thirty Years' War, 1618–48.
The German word is treated by Kluge as from the It.; but provianda is not in Florio 1598–1611, who has only provenda ‘provander for horses or fodder for cattle’. Diez referred the word to L. providenda things to be provided.]
Provision; food supply, esp. for an army; commissariat; = provand, provant 1.
1637R. Monro Exped. i. 7 Receiving all necessaries fitting for our march, as ammunition, proviant, and waggons, for our baggage. 1647Sc. Acts Chas. I (1814) VI. 270/1 That all Regiments..be put and kept in equality, either in Money, Proveant, or Provision, according to their strength. 1832Carlyle in Froude Life (1882) II. xii. 313 We want for nothing in the way of earthly proviant, and have many reasons to be content and diligent. 1885A. Forbes Souvenirs (1894) 135 On one occasion, before Plevna, his imperturbable coolness stood him in good stead in the matter of ‘proviand’.
b. attrib. = provant 3 a.
1637R. Monro Exped. i. 5 We were entertained on proviant bread, beere and bacon. 1870Daily News 5 Dec., It was the wheel of his [own] gig that he had seen stuck on to the proviant waggon. 1880A. Forbes in 19th Cent. VII. 233 Marshall was hustling proviant columns up along the line of communications. |